Oil Pulling

Oil pulling is a powerful technique from Ancient Ayurveda. It involves swishing oil around your mouth like a mouthwash every morning for 20 minutes. Swishing and pulling oil around teeth, helps pulling out bacteria & fungus which in turn helps body to alleviate toxins and inflammation.

It is primarily used for oral hygiene and gum related issues. Apart from improving oral health, it helps immensely in overall health as mentioned below.

Oil pulling helps with;

• Dental health including whitening of teeth, elimination of bad breath and reduced risk of cavities
• Gum related issues including gum bleeding and gingivitis
• Elimination of toxins and detoxifying body
• Great looking skin and improved hair health
• Allergies
• Sinusitis
• Reduction in excess mucus build up in throat
• Frequent cold/cough issues

Oil pulling technique explained in 3 simple steps:

1. Put about 1-2 tablespoon of oil in your mouth. Coconut, sunflower, sesame oil is recommended for best results due to their antibacterial, antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. Use good quality oil.
2. Swish and pull the oil around your mouth like a mouthwash. Start with 5 minutes and build up to 20 minutes. Do this slowly without pressure and keep breathing from nose. Once you are done, spit out the liquid. Be careful to not to swallow the oil since it is containing toxins and bacteria from your mouth.
3. Rinse your mouth thoroughly and brush your teeth well to kill remaining bacteria.

Important points about oil pulling

• It is best to practise oil pulling in the morning.
• It is a complementary practise and doesn’t replace normal oral hygiene which involves brushing, cleaning tongue and flossing.
• Oil pulling cannot reverse cavities or decayed teeth. If you already have tooth/gum disease, you must visit health practitioner to get proper treatment.
• One needs to make sure to not to swallow oil. Ingesting the oil with toxins can be a problem.
• Children below age of 5 years should not do this as they might swallow oil mistakenly. Children above age of 5 can do oil pulling for 5 minutes under the adult supervision.